untitled / painting & drawing media on canvas, 64 x 64 inches, 2024      64sq24

Some have mentioned they prefer this one as seen above, displayed upside down.

Although as a visual fine artist he was thoroughly conditioned in figurative rendering, Moses E Hoskins has worked abstractly since the mid 80's.

Moses was born in Iowa in 1953 where he spent his youth and some time as an adult. / He was publicly schooled followed by a post-secondary education consisting of sporadic stints at a few colleges in the American Midwest. (It was different then being in his 20's in the 70's than it is now, being in his 70's in the 20's.) - Eventually, a full decade out of hi-skool, he did finally earn a BFA in 1981 from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History at Iowa City where mainly he drew naked people and was a janitor at night. This was to be the final foray into what is considered Formal Education. He did not attend Graduate School anywhere..  

In 1988 Hoskins finally got around to fleeing to New York City as a better place, ostensibly, to not amount to anything. / He continues there - living, working and showing his artwork wherever they will have it. / He exhibited regularly at OK Harris in NYC from 2000 until the gallery closed in 2014.

Despite multiple grants from the foundations Pollock-Krasner and Adolph & Esther Gottlieb in evident support of his quixotic efforts in painting, drawing & collage media - and even after a Yaddo residency, Hoskins remains acutely aware that any Big Deal Career is unlikely to ever be. / He has never been naive regarding byzantine artworld Political Machinery...

Currently Hoskins' work is included in White Columns Artist Registry, New York - and Robischon Gallery in Denver has a selection of his paintings in their inventory.

     Open Book(s): Observations / curated by Joe Amrhein of PIEROGI Flat Files at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City

      2026: April 18 , to be in place for 3 months 'or so' / The exhibition will be open to the public Thur, Fri, Sat 11am–5pm

      Visits can be arranged other days by emailing:  hello@manacontemporary.com  888 Newark Ave  Jersey City, NJ 07306                    

      -accessible by Path train, Journal Square or by car, on site parking

Open Book(s) - an ongoing exhibition hosted by Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary, works by twenty-five artists who present books as objects in transformation; some sculpted or painted, some sketch books, others depictions of a place and time.

including work by:

Seongmin AHN, Noriko AMBE, Michael BALLOU, Dawn CLEMENTS, Brian CONLEY, Hugo CROSTHWAITE, Ri DYM, Ellen HARVEY, Moses HOSKINS, Kristen JENSEN, Kim JONES, Sean MELLYN, Marilla PALMER, William POWHIDA, Mike RADER, Mark REYNOLDS, David SCHER, Guy RICHARDS SMIT, Tim SPELIOS, Oriane STENDER, Tavares STRACHAN, Jude TALLICHET, David WELLS, Charmaine WHEATLEY, Martin WILNER

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